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My son is currently taking Algebra I at his b&m school. The school is using the Larson Algebra I text. This text seems to teach by example and doesn't actually explain the concepts or indicate how things are related to one another. And his teacher, who is supposed to be providing this, does not.

 

I'm looking for a book that is heavy on explanation and doesn't teach through the problem sets (otherwise I'd use Jacobs or AoPS). Is there such a thing?

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I really like Elementary & Intermediate Algebra by George Woodbury.

I taught from it for a number of years.

I like the 3rd edition best, but 1st or 2nd will still be okay. (I made comments for the 3rd edition & I really do see some good changes to it.)

Apparently Woodbury was just a couple years ahead of me at UCSB, so since we had the same instructors, that may be why when teaching from the text, he says things as explanation in the text that I typically say in class as warnings to students. I think it's the best text I've used to teach Algebra I & II.

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